Short quotes

Collection of phrases and short quotes to share on your social networks.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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One should always prefer action to criticism.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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The beauty of the fruit is in proportion to the time that elapses between the seed and the harvest.

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

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To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, oppose effort, and paralyze vitality.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Lacking some of the things one desires is a necessary condition for happiness.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already half dead.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The history of the world is the sum of what could have been avoidable.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The wise use of leisure is a product of civilization and education.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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A generation that cannot tolerate boredom will be a generation of little value.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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I oppose all superstition, whether Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or Buddhist.